Search Ends for Missing Cruise Passenger

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., USA-11JULY03: Escorted by water-squirting tugs, the new Carnival Glory arrives in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, July 11, 2003. Constructed in Monfalcone, Italy, at a cost of $500 million U.S., the 952-foot liner is to be the largest ship sailing weekly Caribbean cruises from Central Florida. It can accommodate more than 3,000 guests and is the 19th ship in the fleet of Miami, Fla.,-based Carnival Cruise Lines. Former astronaut Sally Ride is scheduled to christen the ship Monday, July 14. (Photo by Andy Newman/Carnival Cruise Lines/HO

(Photo by Andy Newman/Carnival Cruise Lines/HO)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard has called off its search for a woman believed to have gone overboard on a Bahamas cruise.

Search and rescue crews trolled the waters between Freeport, Bahamas, and the Port of Palm Beach in Florida for about 84 hours, covering an area of nearly 7,300 square miles. They also did air searches to try and spot the woman from above.

They ended their search Thursday night.

The boyfriend of the 47-year-old Canadian woman says he last saw her early Wednesday as the Bahamas Celebration ship was returning to Florida. He alerted the ship’s crew, prompting the search.